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Eastern Ghouta 'empty' of rebels: regime media

Syrian regime army Saturday promised to finish off rebels in a final holdout of the crumbling opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta where talks on a possible evacuation deal have stalled. The army said it would press "fighting in the area of Douma to rid it of terrorism," referring to...

Syrians quit Ghouta as talks for last pocket stutter

Hundreds more Syrian rebels and civilians prepared Friday to leave Eastern Ghouta under a negotiated withdrawal, as Russia unilaterally announced a similar deal to empty the final pocket of the battered enclave. The former rebel bastion on the outskirts of Damascus has been drained by a...

Eighth convoy reaches Hama from Eastern Ghouta

The eighth convoy carrying civilians and opposition fighters from Eastern Ghouta, a besieged suburb of Damascus, arrived in Syria’s central-western Hama province on Thursday. According to Anadolu Agency correspondents based in the area, evacuees were taken from the towns of Arbin,...

Operation in Eastern Ghouta 'nearly over': Russia

The massive Russian-backed Syrian military offensive in suburbs east of Damascus is almost over, with rebels holed up in just a single town after abandoning the rest of the eastern Ghouta enclave, Moscow said Thursday. A senior official for Jaish al-Islam, the faction that controls the last...

Nearly 5,300 rebels left Arbin for Idlib: RIA

Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday nearly 5,300 rebels and members of their families left Syria's Eastern Ghouta enclave on Wednesday, news agencies reported. Rebels left the town of Arbin for the northern province of Idlib, according to the Center for Reconciliation in Syria, a...